5 photos for C&C

LCARSx32 · Jun 17, 2010

Hello everyone. I have a few more photos I could use some constructive criticism on. Thanks!

#1 - Dashed hopes of getting inside

#2 - Graffiti in a small town

#3 - A 'Radio Equipped' Frisco caboose

#4 - Born in the wrong time period

#5 - Down by the river on a winter night

Please, let me know what you think!
-Ray

AgentDrex · Jun 17, 2010

#1
Angled too much. Maybe a shot of the wall on the opposite side of the door to help balance and frame the composition.

#2
I like this one. I like the fact that the "graffiti" is angled on the sign and I like how the windows lead off into the background. Wonder what it would have looked like had the windows been in-line with the "graffiti".

#3
Good enough. Simplistic. Elegant.

#4
I like angled pictures when its done right as this almost was except for that patch of overblown sky in the top-right.

#5
The best one in my opinion. Of course I'm Minnesotan and so I have a predisposition to being drawn into a neat winter scene like this one is. Good job!

P.S. Come comment on some of mine when you get the chance...

LCARSx32 · Jun 17, 2010

Thanks for the input!

I wish I had taken a second shot of #1. I didn't get the right side brick. I see what you mean, tho.

I don't think I could have gotten high enough to get the windows level with the graffiti in #2, lol. They were a good 10 feet up or so.

#3 was fun for me. I've been a big fan of trains ever since I was young. I also enjoy electronics, so the picture was perfect

Yeah, I thought about cropping the sky out of #4, but I didn't want to lose any more of the text on the building. I thought about adding a sky with photoshop, but I don't think it would have turned out well.

My sister will be glad that you liked #5 the most! She actually took it. We decided to try some night shots over the winter and this shot was the best by far.

Thanks again for the comments!

AgentDrex · Jun 18, 2010

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